Four Months by Two Cheers published on 2018-12-22T22:13:26Z “Four Months” came out of wanting to be able to heal those in my life that are hurting. When my grandma and mom died in the same year, my loved ones were really hurting, and of course I was too, and I kept wondering “How are we going to get over this huge loss and all these painful memories?!” I wanted to be the strong one, to be the healer, to be detached, and to always express that everything is going to be okay. Alas, I don’t think I really am a healer, I’m too introverted and that’s just not a gift I have! So the song is couched in a kind of mythical anime-like world in which I’m a witch doctor sort of healer that has special talents and mysterious techniques to build a defeated hero back up from devastation, and it’s as easy as that. It’s a fantasy. Technically, I’m a trained reiki practitioner, so some of the imagery comes from that. But for the record, I’m pretty sure reiki is bogus. Two Cheers returned to L.A. and Bryan started writing and recording a lot of songs. These 8 are the first to be finished. The songs represent a process of reliving the past, synthesizing it, and investing life with new meaning for the rest of the journey... It reflects Bryan's decision to give up on a music career, heal his soul, start a family, devote himself to domestic life. These songs started out as rock songs akin to Two Cheers’ past material, morphed into electronica experimentation, and while you can still hear remnants of them strewn about through the tracks, it was determined these special songs were better stripped down and played on acoustic guitar, with the other elements taking a backseat to the vocal performances. John O’Reilly Jr made a triumphant return on drums and percussion, and Alison Crawford of the indie band Ghost Hotel lended some background vocals to “Four Months” and “Future Constellations”. Justin Newton lent his tremendous talents to mixing and mastering these songs, and Los Angeles artist Timothy Dutch created over a dozen new pieces for the cover art for the record and singles. Genre Indie Comment by The Grasshopper 💚 Like this, great track :-) 2019-07-13T22:05:01Z